greetings

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

Zach,

Ok, done. I have not messed with the contents of units before now.
Many thanks for your help.

Chuck
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 04:23:25PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote:
> Chuck,
> 
> I should have been more clear. The way the drop-in snippets work is to add bits to various sections of the files they complement.
> 
> So you also need to put 
> [Service]
> above your single line of additional code. Another “systemctl edit,” should do it.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Zack.
> > On Aug 31, 2016, at 4:18 PM, Chuck Hallenbeck <chuckhallenbeck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:10:07PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote:
> >> Dear Chuck,
> >> 
> >> You missed some discussion on this a few weeks ago.
> >> 
> >> To sum up, it’s a Portaudio bug which has been noticed thanks to an Alsa upgrade, and there is a temporary workaround. All you need to do is edit “espeakup.service,” or create a drop-in snippet. In the [Service] section, put the line
> >> Environment=LIBASOUND_THREAD_SAFE=0
> >> 
> >> Case is important here, and the way I did it was to just do “sudo systemctl edit espeakup.service.” I hope this helps.
> >> Best,
> >> Zack.
> >>> On Aug 31, 2016, at 12:01 PM, Chuck Hallenbeck <chuckhallenbeck at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Hello everyone,
> >>> 
> >>> I've been away for some time, but have just resubscribed.
> >>> I currently use ArchLinux on a Dell Optiplex 780, refurbished, from Amazon.
> >>> Also still stubbornly using only command line interface,
> >>> just can't warm up to a GUI.
> >>> 
> >>> I'm Currently having an issue involving random failures of speech,
> >>> and am able to restore speech by issuing two systemctl commands,
> >>> one to stop espeakup.service, and the next to start it again.
> >>> How can I get further information to narrow the problem down to
> >>> espeakup, or speakup, or espeak? Recovery from the  failures is reliable,
> >>> but I'd rather find and fix the cause.
> >>> 
> >>> Chuck
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> -- 
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> >>>  Conditions Light Rain
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> >> 
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> > 
> > -- 
> > Willoughby Ohio
> >   Temperature 75�F
> >   Conditions Overcast
> > Dear Zach,
> > 
> > I applied the steps you suggested, which resulted in the creation of the file:
> > 
> > /etc/systemd/system/espeakup.service.d/override.conf
> > 
> > with the single line you indicated should be added.
> > However, I still get the speech failures, even after rebooting. Have I overlooked something?
> > 
> > Chuck
> > The Moon is New
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup at linux-speakup.org
> > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
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Willoughby Ohio
   Temperature 75°F
   Conditions Overcast
The Moon is New